It's not easy to enjoy a picnic when you have unseeable interlopers to contend with! In a new trio of stories for beginning readers, the affable Max the dog and mischievous Baby Cakes the cat encounter a scare-happy ghost who has a run-in with a mirror, the wind at its blustery best, and a teeny-tiny fairy with a wayward wand who may have met her match. -- From the publisher.

"Eleven-year-old Luke and his dog, Haru, are the best of friends. Totally inseparable. But when their nasty landlord falsely accuses Haru of biting her, Haru is kidnapped! As Luke and his friends go on a serious mission to find and bring Haru home again, they discover mysterious experiments happening at the old laboratory at Painted Lake, owned by an evil multibillionaire named Mr. Thomas Sinclair. And Luke and his friends soon fear that Sinclair's...

A rhinoceros does only two things: pop balloons and poke holes in kites. But rhinoceroses can really do more--so much more--than that!

"Mr. Fish's class has a pet, but one day the pet isn't in its cage. Where did he go? The whole class is about to pout! Will they be able to work together to bring the pet home?"--

"Why do ferrets hide their toys? Find out the answer and spark kids' natural curiosity about pets with this inquiry-based nonfiction book. Long and furry, ferrets are perpetual explorers with high energy and a mischievous spirit. Nine kid-friendly Q&As teach readers about life with a pet ferret, including their behavior, playful antics, and tendency to run into walls. Engaging questions draw in kids while research-based answers satisfy their curiosity....

"Small mammals are soft, adorable pets, but they require special care. Small Mammals examines various small mammal species and their unique needs, as well as the laws, regulations, challenges, and controversies regarding owning these animals. It also looks at the industry and communities that have sprung up to support small mammal ownership and the many ways small mammals bring joy to their owners."--

Squash, who looks a lot like the vegetable, is an early-breakfast, lots-of-naps kind of cat. Maggie is a wake-up-late, wild-playdate kind of girl. Despite their differences, they are the best of friends. That is until one day Squash confuses Maggie's new toy for a dangerous beast and makes a terrible mistake. An unbelievably BIG MISTAKE. Now Squash is a can't-face-Maggie kind of cat, and Maggie is a wishes-she-had-her-toy kind of girl. But the thing...

In three rhyming stories, Princess Truly helps her friend pack for her moving day, cleans up the park with her pug, Sir Noodles, and helps a farmer get his tractor keys back from a crow.

Thirteen poems that joyfully celebrate the beloved members of our family who bark, purr, chitter, and slither--our pets.

As a little cat comes home from a day's adventuring, her little girl imagines all the things the cat may have seen and experienced during her outing.